More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Thursday, the three network morning shows were more interested in a man climbing Trump Tower in New York City than the latest revelations in Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal. In total, the NBC, ABC, and CBS broadcasts offered a mere 2 minutes 15 seconds on new e-mails showing Clinton Foundation donors had high-level access to the Clinton State Department, while devoting 5 minutes 12 seconds to a man being arrested for scaling Trump’s Manhattan office building.
During a nearly three-minute report on NBC’s Today that focused on Trump’s controversies, correspondent Hallie Jackson provided a scant 27 seconds to the e-mail news, noting in part: “Clinton under fire herself. An e-mail leak from a conservative advocacy group has critics questioning whether donations to the Clinton Foundation bought access to her State Department....Bill Clinton has defended the foundation, with Hillary Clinton's campaign telling NBC News the new e-mails don't relate to the foundation's work.”
